The following table summarizes net sales by core end market and other applications. Other applications include sales of wafer foundry products and from the distribution of Sanken products unrelated to and no longer part of the Company’s business in fiscal year 2021.
| Three-Month Period Ended | Change | Nine-Month Period Ended | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Core end markets: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Automotive | $ | 113,902 | $ | 99,074 | $ | 14,828 | 15.0 | % | $ | 279,759 | $ | 289,681 | $ | (9,922 | ) | (3.4 | )% | ||||||||||||
| Industrial | 23,654 | 21,358 | 2,296 | 10.8 | % | 65,710 | 56,095 | 9,615 | 17.1 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 26,893 | 15,070 | 11,823 | 78.5 | % | 70,630 | 53,399 | 17,231 | 32.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total core end markets | 164,449 | 135,502 | 28,947 | 21.4 | % | 416,099 | 399,175 | 16,924 | 4.2 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other applications: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wafer foundry products | — | 16,634 | (16,634 | ) | — | % | — | 49,622 | (49,622 | ) | — | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Distribution of Sanken products | — | 7,666 | (7,666 | ) | — | % | — | 26,688 | (26,688 | ) | — | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Total net sales | $ | 164,449 | $ | 159,802 | $ | 4,647 | 2.9 | % | $ | 416,099 | $ | 475,485 | $ | (59,386 | ) | (12.5 | )% | ||||||||||||
